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FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES RESULTS OF MALTESE REFERENDUM ON EU MEMBERSHIP Added 2003-03-10 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis welcomed the results of the referendum of March 8 in Malta, which proved that the Maltese citizens support their country’s membership in the European Union. "The referendum on this...
NEWSFILE No 748 Added 2003-03-10 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media. HTML format
MFA WELCOMES DECISION TO ESTABLISH LITHUANIA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY Added 2003-03-07 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (MFA) welcomes the Lithuanian Parliament’s decision to set up a parliamentary assembly of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) and the Ukrainian Parliament (Supreme Rada). By this...
LITHUANIAN REPRESENTATIVE AT CONVENTION SPEAKS AGAINST DISCRETIONARY WIDENING OF EU COMPETENCE Added 2003-03-06 Lithuanian Representative at the European Convention MFA Undersecretary Rytis Martikonis is in favour of a clear statement in the new Constitutional Treaty of the European Union prohibiting the EU to expand its competence unilaterally since it can...
US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE RECOGNIZES LITHUANIA AS MARKET ECONOMY Added 2003-03-05 On 28 February, US Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Import Administration Faryar Shirzad signed a memorandum revoking the non-market economy status applied to Lithuania under the U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws. The...
NEWSFILE No 747 Added 2003-03-04 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media. HTML format
FOREIGN MINISTER GREETS PARTICIPANTS OF CONFERENCE ON LITHUANIA – HOLY SEE RELATIONS Added 2003-03-03 Lithuania’s historic development is closely connected to the Catholic Church and relations with the Holy See, which played a crucial role in the history of Lithuanian diplomacy in the 20th century. That is what Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas...
SPEECH BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA ANTANAS VALIONIS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE LITHUANIAN FORUM ON THE EUROPEAN UNION’S FUTURE (Vilnius, Lithuanian Academy of Science, 1 March, 2003) Added 2003-03-01 Honourable President, Excellencies,Honourable members of the Convention,Honourable participants of the conference, When the conference of the Lithuanian Forum on the European Union’s Future was founded last year, I said that the success of the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND IRISH MINISTER FOR EUROPE DISCUSS PREPARATION FOR EU REFERENDUM IN LITHUANIA Added 2003-02-26 On 25 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis met with Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche, who was visiting Vilnius, and discussed the pending referendum on Lithuania’ membership in...
NEWSFILE No 746 Added 2003-02-25 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media. HTML format